steamer



H. A. KELLY.l

STEAMER ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. l0. l9l.

Patented Sept. 9, 1919.

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To au fllbwmit'lag/ concer/lr: sV u l i Be 'it'. lmownwthat 1,' Hoon Aneiis'rinn 1L Kraun', a citizen of the UnitedY States, 'I'eY siding at =l:ittsburg,li n the/county of .Coosand State of New Hampshire, haveY invented certain "newr` `and 1ruseful`f Iiiiprovementsin` Steamer Attachn'ients, of which" theffollewelf Y "f tachably connected with the links ofV the netasshownewhile the bill 1:)ortione7Y of said 65,A -hooks:are;adapted to be engaged With the Y' Y ing is a specification. Y, Y, i

'llns invention relates to new: and useful iinin'ovenionts in. steamer attachments, 'and' the primary object of the invention fis to provide an attachment of this' kind adapted to be positioned ina 'boilerreceptacle, and which comprisesa .fraine'that `has connected' with, the sides thereof a-Wire net,thefsaid net, having its edges adapted to V'be com nected with the edges of the boiler, Awhereby the material to be steamed `will 'be supp'ortedl above the water in the boilerso that it may be cooked by the fsteann.V Thistypeof def vice is adaptedto be used for'cookingp-for boiling clothes, asjit forms a Very 'efficient type of support that is providedY with a cern trai rigid portion and a netting surround ing `the saine so aste not interfere with the circulation of steam, or if the attachment 1s used for boiling clothes,-withftheboiling4 Water circulating l'through theV saint-i.

A further ob]- ect ofthe linyentionV toprovide a device of this character'Which-ais easily and simply constructed,inexpensive to inanufacture, Vand one` which Willrbe yery eliicient in operation. Y'

With these and lnuinei-'ousY other objects in View, my invention` consists'of" thefnovel; features of construction]'combination andV arrangement of parts which fwill be Y'heroicn referred to and `more particularly' pointed out in the specification and claims,

In the accompanying draWingsfFigure illustrates a plan -viewvof the attachment, Fig. 2 is a sectionalyie'w of a container with the improvement applied and insection-V Y Y Y Viadaptedptobe VusedV on Various kinds of boil 100 ingireceptacles such aswash boilers, bots, or .pans i frame to form alsupport forathe inaterial to be cooked or steamed. This Yfrzjtriie is preil-Y a rigid center for lthe attachment. l y

Connected with theV sides-zot lefraijnenl is a Wire netting 3 Whichis likewisesubstam tially rectangular in shape,'having'airopernV center in Whichthe frame 111s positioned;V

i. Specified/tion of if The arrangement `of, thefnettinn` Y3V does v not 1 @co1nersfoiJftheI fraineiwillibe KLVdisposed :at 60 pointsnearest the Vsides of the Wire netting.

"Connected-fwithstlre corners of the.` nettingY Blarehooks which have their shanlis G de-VV edge ofthe boiler receptacle represented corn ventionally `at 4:.

kInY"operation, this attachment is adapted to be'positioned in a boiler or like receptacle 70 VVWithiifnfV the netting 3', Within the boiler and the device is so a thatfthe material supported on the attachmentwill be disposed above the Water. As i the ,frame l is of a skeleton construction this so combined with the construction of the WireV net ABpermits a free circulation of the steam f through the attachment so as to'steain or cook the material supported thereby. Vlf

the" attachment is used as a clothes boiler, 8.5

the? clothes are positioned Within the nettingon the rigid frame l, Vand the attachment may lbe positioned in the Water so that the boiling Water is adapted to circulateY through the clothes, butthe dirt will drop 90 Y therefrom and into the bottom of the boiler l'from Which'the frame l is spaced.

This steamer or boiling-attachment is very simply constructed, and the novel arrange-YY ment of'parts `permits a free circulation of '95 Water Vor steam through the material contained therein;- Owing to the fact that the hooks `5 are looselyV and detachably conY nectedgiyith thenetting, the attachmentV is -fFron'x the foregoing descriptionrtalfzen in nection'iriththe accon'ipanying drawing, 771057, erably :formed entirelyof metal, andpisof 'ff itisthought thatafclear and comprehensive a light construction; but @adaptedzto forni Vunderstan"l'ngcf the construction, operaV tion and advantages of my invention may be had, and While IV have shown anddescribed'thedeyice'as embodying a specificY 110 etructure,177];` desire that it be understood 'that' c l rranged when in operative lposition thatthe frame 1 will be preferably .l disposediabove the Water in the boiler, so

as do not depart from the spirit andscope of the invention as claimed.

Having, fully described my invention,

what I claim as new,l and desire to sefnirer by Letters Patent, is:

1. An attachment of the class described including a substantially `rectangular rigid frame, cross rods securedinsaidk frame, a substantially' rectangular shaped flexible wire netting having a central opening thereyin of a shape corresponding to the contour i t hereto. being connected Withthe sides of the iframe, 2

of the frame, the inner edges of said netting Uopies of Ythis patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the f n Washington, ID.K G.-

i and i hooks having their and attaching means f connected to the corners .ofthe netting.

In testimony whereof,` I aiix my signature HUGHAUGUSTINE KELLY.

Commissioner of Patents,Y 

